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  • From: Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Notes From The Farm (Winter 2007)
  • Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:42:19 -0800

I'm a little leary of meanings that are defined by the television set. Meanings for labels that people choose for themselves are far more revealing.

Bill

Marie McHarry wrote:

On 2/1/07, Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com> wrote:


In your usage, it seems to mean something that has been the accepted
view all along, like something you'd read in your dad's old history
books This is quite different, since people like John (the old one)
were decidedly paddling against the current.


PC can mean about anything you want it to mean. Most recently it seems
to mean hyper-correct and overly sensitive to the feelings of all
members of the body politic. It's one of those words whose meaning is
a moving target.

Marie
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